View source for Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Water polo
|games = 1976 Summer 
|image = 
|caption = Water Polo
|venues = [[Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard|Claude-Robillard Sports Complex]]<br />[[Olympic Pool, Montreal|Olympic Pool]] (final)
|date = 18–27 July 1976
|competitors = 131
|nations = 12
|gold = {{flagIOC|HUN|1976 Summer|}}
|silver = {{flagIOC|ITA|1976 Summer|}}
|bronze = {{flagIOC|NED|1976 Summer|}}
|prev = [[Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972]]
|next = [[Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980]]
}}

The [[water polo]] tournament at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] was held from 18 to 27 July 1976 in [[Montreal, Quebec]], [[Canada]].<ref name="HistoFINA PDF">{{Cite HistoFINA wp |page=mog |format=dmy }}</ref><ref name="SR">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/WAP/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417052324/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/WAP/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Water Polo at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games |work=Sports Reference |access-date=4 December 2019}}</ref>

== Qualification<ref>{{Cite web|title=Men_1976|url=http://todor66.com/Water_Polo/Olympic/Men_1976.html#Qualification|website=Todor66}}</ref> ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Event
!Dates
!Hosts
!Quotas
!Qualified Teams
|-
|Host Nation
|12 May 1970
|{{Flagicon|NED}} [[Amsterdam]]
| align="center" |1
|{{Wp|CAN}}
|-
|[[Water polo at the 1974 Asian Games|1974 Asian Games]]
|2-7 September 1974
|{{Flagicon|IRN|variant=1964}} [[Tehran]]
|align="center"|1
|{{Wp|IRN|variant=1964}}
|-
| rowspan="6" |[[1975 World Aquatics Championships|1975 World Championships]]
| rowspan="6" |19-25 July 1975
| rowspan="6" |{{Flagicon|COL}} [[Cali]]
| rowspan="6" align="center" |6
|{{Wp|URS}}
|-
|{{Wp|HUN}}
|-
|{{Wp|ITA}}
|-
|{{Wp|CUB}}
|-
|{{Wp|ROU|1965}}
|-
|{{Wp|FRG}}
|-
|[[Water polo at the 1975 Pan American Games|1975 Pan American Games]]
|16-20 October 1975
|{{Flagicon|MEX}} [[Mexico City]]
| align="center" |1
|{{Wp|MEX}}
|-
|European Qualifier
|23-25 April 1976
|{{Flagicon|FRG}} [[West Berlin]]
| align="center" |1
|{{Wp|YUG|}}
|-
|Oceania Qualifier
|
|
| align="center" |1
|{{Wp|AUS}}
|-
|African Qualifier
|
|
| align="center" |<s>1</s>
|<s>{{Wp|NGR}}</s>
|-
|Reallocation
|
|
| align="center" |1
|{{Wp|NED|}}
|-
!Total
! colspan="2" |
!12
!
|}

==Medalists==
{| class="wikitable"
|- align="center"
|style="width: 15em" bgcolor="gold"|'''Gold'''
|style="width: 15em" bgcolor="silver"|'''Silver'''
|style="width: 15em" bgcolor="CC9966"|'''Bronze'''
|- valign="top" align="center"
|{{flagIOC|HUN|1976 Summer}}<ref name="HistoFINA PDF"/><hr>[[Gábor Csapó]]<br />[[Tibor Cservenyák]]<br />[[Tamás Faragó]]<br />[[György Gerendás]]<br />[[György Horkai]]<br />[[György Kenéz]]<br />[[Ferenc Konrád]]<br />[[Endre Molnár]]<br />[[László Sárosi (water polo)|László Sárosi]]<br />[[Attila Sudár]]<br />[[István Szívós (water polo, born 1948)|István Szívós, Jr.]]
|{{flagIOC|ITA|1976 Summer}}<hr>[[Umberto Panerai]]<br />[[Roldano Simeoni]]<br />[[Riccardo De Magistris]]<br />[[Alessandro Ghibellini]]<br />[[Sante Marsili]]<br />[[Vincenzo D'Angelo]]<br />[[Marcello Del Duca]]<br />[[Gianni De Magistris]]<br />[[Alberto Alberani]]<br />[[Silvio Baracchini]]<br />[[Luigi Castagnola]]
|{{flagIOC|NED|1976 Summer}}<hr>[[Alex Boegschoten]]<br />[[Ton Buunk]]<br />[[Piet de Zwarte]]<br />[[Andy Hoepelman]]<br />[[Evert Kroon]]<br />[[Nico Landeweerd]]<br />[[Hans Smits]]<br />[[Gijze Stroboer]]<br />[[Rik Toonen]]<br />[[Hans van Zeeland]]<br />[[Jan Evert Veer]]
|}

==Participating teams==
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{{col-3}}
;Group A
*{{wp|CUB}}
*{{wp|IRI|1964}}
*{{wp|ITA}} 
*{{wp|YUG}} 
{{col-3}}
;Group B
*{{wp|MEX}} 
*{{wp|NED}} 
*{{wp|ROU|1965}}
*{{wp|URS}} 
{{col-3}}
;Group C
*{{wp|AUS}} 
*{{wp|CAN}} 
*{{wp|HUN}}
*{{wp|FRG}} 
{{col-end}}

==Squads==
{{main|Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads}}

==Preliminary round==

===Group A===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"
!width="25" |
!width="200"|Team
!width="60"|Points
!width="60"|G
!width="60"|W
!width="60"|D
!width="60"|L
!width="60"|GF
!width="60"|GA
!width="60"|Diff
|- bgcolor=#AAFFAA
|1.
|align=left|{{wp|ITA}}
|'''5'''||3||2||1||0||26||13||+13
|- bgcolor=#AAFFAA
|2.
|align=left|{{wp|YUG}}
|'''4'''||3||1||2||0||25||10||+15
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|3.
|align=left|{{wp|CUB}}
|'''3'''||3||1||1||1||22||15||+7
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|4.
|align=left|{{wp|IRI|1964}}
|'''0'''||3||0||0||3||4||39||&ndash;35
|}

*18 July 1976
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!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|YUG}}'''
|4 &ndash; 4
|align=left|'''{{wp|CUB}}'''
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|ITA}}'''
|12 &ndash; 1
|align=left|{{wp|IRI|1964}}
|}

*19 July 1976
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|YUG}}'''
|15 &ndash; 0
|align=left|{{wp|IRI|1964}}
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|ITA}}'''
|8 &ndash; 6
|align=left|'''{{wp|CUB}}'''
|}

*20 July 1976
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|YUG}}'''
|6 &ndash; 6
|align=left|'''{{wp|ITA}}'''
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|CUB}}'''
|12 &ndash; 3
|align=left|{{wp|IRI|1964}}
|}

===Group B===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"
!width="25" |
!width="200"|Team
!width="60"|Points
!width="60"|G
!width="60"|W
!width="60"|D
!width="60"|L
!width="60"|GF
!width="60"|GA
!width="60"|Diff
|- bgcolor=#AAFFAA
|1.
|align=left|{{wp|NED}}
|'''6'''||3||3||0||0||14||10||+4
|- bgcolor=#AAFFAA
|2.
|align=left|{{wp|ROU|1965}}
|'''3'''||3||1||1||1||18||14||+4
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|3.
|align=left|{{wp|URS}}
|'''3'''||3||1||1||1||14||12||+2
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|4.
|align=left|{{wp|MEX}}
|'''0'''||3||0||0||3||10||20||&ndash;10
|}

*18 July 1976
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|NED}}'''
|5 &ndash; 3
|align=left|{{wp|MEX}}
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|ROU|1965}}'''
|5 &ndash; 5
|align=left|'''{{wp|URS}}'''
|}

*19 July 1976
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|NED}}'''
|3 &ndash; 2
|align=left|{{wp|URS}}
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|ROU|1965}}'''
|8 &ndash; 3
|align=left|{{wp|MEX}}
|}

*20 July 1976
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|NED}}'''
|6 &ndash; 5
|align=left|{{wp|ROU|1965}}
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|URS}}'''
|7 &ndash; 4
|align=left|{{wp|MEX}}
|}

===Group C===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"
!width="25" |
!width="200"|Team
!width="60"|Points
!width="60"|G
!width="60"|W
!width="60"|D
!width="60"|L
!width="60"|GF
!width="60"|GA
!width="60"|Diff
|- bgcolor=#AAFFAA
|1.
|align=left|{{wp|HUN}}
|'''6'''||3||3||0||0||15||8||+2
|- bgcolor=#AAFFAA
|2.
|align=left|{{wp|FRG}}
|'''4'''||3||2||0||1||9||7||+2
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|3.
|align=left|{{wp|CAN}}
|'''2'''||3||1||0||2||8||14||&ndash;6
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|4.
|align=left|{{wp|AUS}}
|'''0'''||3||0||0||3||14||17||&ndash;3
|}

*18 July 1976
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|HUN}}'''
|7 &ndash; 6
|align=left|{{wp|AUS}}
|-
|align=right|{{wp-rt|CAN}}
|0 &ndash; 5
|align=left|'''{{wp|FRG}}'''
|}

*19 July 1976
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|FRG}}'''
|4 &ndash; 3
|align=left|{{wp|AUS}}
|-
|align=right|{{wp-rt|CAN}}
|2 &ndash; 4
|align=left|'''{{wp|HUN}}'''
|}

*20 July 1976
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|HUN}}'''
|4 &ndash; 0
|align=left|{{wp|FRG}}
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|CAN}}'''
|6 &ndash; 5
|align=left|{{wp|AUS}}
|}

==Classification round==

===Group D===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"
!width="25" |
!width="200"|Team
!width="60"|Points
!width="60"|G
!width="60"|W
!width="60"|D
!width="60"|L
!width="60"|GF
!width="60"|GA
!width="60"|Diff
|- bgcolor=#EEFFEE
|7.
|align=left|{{wp|CUB}}
|'''9'''||5||4||1||0||34||16||+18
|- bgcolor=#EEFFEE
|8.
|align=left|{{wp|URS}}
|'''7'''||5||3||1||1||33||16||+17
|- bgcolor=#EEFFEE
|9.
|align=left|{{wp|CAN}}
|'''6'''||5||2||2||1||27||21||+6
|- bgcolor=#EEFFEE
|10.
|align=left|{{wp|MEX}}
|'''5'''||5||1||3||1||26||19||+5
|- bgcolor=#EEFFEE
|11.
|align=left|{{wp|AUS}}
|'''3'''||5||1||1||3||22||25||&ndash;3
|- bgcolor=#EEFFEE
|12.
|align=left|{{wp|IRI|1964}}
|'''0'''||5||0||0||5||8||53||&ndash;45
|}

*22 July 1976
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|CUB}}'''
|5 &ndash; 0 <sup>'''1'''</sup>
|align=left|{{wp|URS}}
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|CAN}}'''
|4 &ndash; 3
|align=left|{{wp|AUS}}
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|MEX}}'''
|11 &ndash; 3
|align=left|{{wp|IRI|1964}}
|}

*23 July 1976
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|URS}}'''
|4 &ndash; 3
|align=left|{{wp|MEX}}
|-
|align=right|{{wp-rt|CAN}}
|5 &ndash; 7
|align=left|'''{{wp|CUB}}'''
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|AUS}}'''
|8 &ndash; 2
|align=left|{{wp|IRI|1964}}
|}

*24 July 1976
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|CUB}}'''
|4 &ndash; 4
|align=left|'''{{wp|MEX}}'''
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|URS}}'''
|7 &ndash; 2
|align=left|{{wp|AUS}}
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|CAN}}'''
|8 &ndash; 1
|align=left|{{wp|IRI|1964}}
|}

*26 July 1976
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|CUB}}'''
|10 &ndash; 2
|align=left|{{wp|IRI|1964}}
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|CAN}}'''
|6 &ndash; 6
|align=left|'''{{wp|URS}}'''
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|AUS}}'''
|4 &ndash; 4
|align=left|'''{{wp|MEX}}'''
|}

*27 July 1976
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|CUB}}'''
|8 &ndash; 5
|align=left|{{wp|AUS}}
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|URS}}'''
|16 &ndash; 0
|align=left|{{wp|IRI|1964}}
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|CAN}}'''
|4 &ndash; 4
|align=left|'''{{wp|MEX}}'''
|}

<sup>1</sup> The Soviet Union forfeited the match due to player illness. The USSR also threatened to quit the tournament after failing to make the medal round, but this never materialized.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1976/07/23/archives/soviet-forfeit-adds-to-woes-water-polo-forfeit-adds-to-woes-of.html Soviet Forfeit Adds to Woes]</ref>

===Group E===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"
!width="25" |
!width="200"|Team
!width="60"|Points
!width="60"|G
!width="60"|W
!width="60"|D
!width="60"|L
!width="60"|GF
!width="60"|GA
!width="60"|Diff
|- bgcolor=gold
|1.
|align=left|{{wp|HUN}}
|'''9'''||5||4||1||0||30||24||+6
|- bgcolor=silver
|2.
|align=left|{{wp|ITA}}
|'''6'''||5||2||2||1||21||20||+1
|- bgcolor=cc9966
|3.
|align=left|{{wp|NED}}
|'''6'''||5||2||2||1||18||17||+1
|- bgcolor=#EEFFEE
|4.
|align=left|{{wp|ROU|1965}}
|'''5'''||5||1||3||1||26||25||+1
|- bgcolor=#EEFFEE
|5.
|align=left|{{wp|YUG}}
|'''3'''||5||0||3||2||21||24||&ndash;3
|- bgcolor=#EEFFEE
|6.
|align=left|{{wp|FRG}}
|'''1'''||5||0||1||4||15||21||&ndash;6
|}

*22 July 1976
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|HUN}}'''
|6 &ndash; 5
|align=left|{{wp|ITA}}
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|NED}}'''
|3 &ndash; 2
|align=left|{{wp|FRG}}
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|ROU|1965}}'''
|5 &ndash; 5
|align=left|'''{{wp|YUG}}'''
|}

*23 July 1976
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|HUN}}'''
|5 &ndash; 3
|align=left|{{wp|FRG}}
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|ITA}}'''
|5 &ndash; 4
|align=left|{{wp|YUG}}
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|NED}}'''
|4 &ndash; 4
|align=left|'''{{wp|ROU|1965}}'''
|}

*24 July 1976
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|HUN}}'''
|5 &ndash; 3
|align=left|{{wp|NED}}
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|ITA}}'''
|4 &ndash; 4
|align=left|'''{{wp|ROU|1965}}'''
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|YUG}}'''
|4 &ndash; 4
|align=left|'''{{wp|FRG}}'''
|}

*26 July 1976
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|HUN}}'''
|9 &ndash; 8
|align=left|{{wp|ROU|1965}}
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|ITA}}'''
|4 &ndash; 3
|align=left|{{wp|FRG}}
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|NED}}'''
|5 &ndash; 3
|align=left|{{wp|YUG}}
|}

*27 July 1976
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|HUN}}'''
|5 &ndash; 5
|align=left|'''{{wp|YUG}}'''
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|ITA}}'''
|3 &ndash; 3
|align=left|'''{{wp|NED}}'''
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|ROU|1965}}'''
|5 &ndash; 3
|align=left|{{wp|FRG}}
|}

==Final ranking==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
#{{wp|HUN}} <ref name="HistoFINA PDF"/>
#{{wp|ITA}}
#{{wp|NED}}
#{{wp|ROU|1965}}
#{{wp|YUG}}
#{{wp|FRG}}
#{{wp|CUB}}
#{{wp|URS}}
#{{wp|CAN}}
#{{wp|MEX}}
#{{wp|AUS}}
#{{wp|IRI|1964}}
{{col-2}}
{{winners|wp|1976 Men's Olympic Games winners|HUN|Sixth}}
{{col-end}}

==See also==
*[[1975 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship]]
*[[1978 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Sources==
* [[PDF]] documents in the [[LA84 Foundation]] [https://digital.la84.org/digital/ Digital Library]:
** [https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/30215 Official Report of the 1976 Olympic Games, v.3] ([https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/30215/download download], [https://web.archive.org/web/20200511061619/https://digital.la84.org/digital/enwiki/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/30215/download archive]) (pp.&nbsp;446–447, 484–497)
* Water polo on the Olympedia [https://www.olympedia.org/sports website]
** [https://www.olympedia.org/games/19/sports/WAP Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics] ([https://www.olympedia.org/results/38568 men's tournament])
* Water polo on the [[Sports Reference]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20200419212721/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/ website]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417052324/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/WAP/ Water polo at the 1976 Summer Games] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165214/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/WAP/mens-water-polo.html men's tournament]) (archived)

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://todor66.com/olim/1976/WATER_POLO.html Results]

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